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Articles in May-June, 2002 issue of Public Roads

• The man who loved roads: by all rights, President Truman should have been the "Father of the Interstate System," but he gave that place in history to his successor
  by Richard F. Weingroff
• States to conduct field operational tests on variable speed limits - Public Information and Information Exchange
• Glassman is new chief counsel for NHTSA - Personnel - Jacqueline Glassman appointed chief counsel for the National Highway Safety Administration - Brief Article
• Do better roads mean more jobs? elected officials are turning to FHWA for advice on the impact of highways on economic development and funding - Federal Highway Administration
  by Ellen Schweppe
• Puerto Rico's Tren Urbano project receives federal funding - Management and Administration
• William N. Outlaw appointed FHWA director of public affairs - Personnel
• Roadway lighting revisited: a European tour to look at the newest international approaches turned up a number of recommendations that may help reduce nighttime fatalities related to poor visibility on roadways - Statistical Data Included
  by Patrick Hasson
• Retroreflectivity video earns a 2001 Communicator Award - Public Information and Information Exchange
• Sandberg named NHTSA deputy administrator - Personnel
• Safer roads thanks to ITS: today's Intelligent Transportation Systems hold the promise of sunnier times ahead for our roads—fewer crashes, injuries, and fatalies - Statistical Data Included
  by Hui Wang
• Transportation officials call for national commitment to wireless E9-1-1 system - Management and Administration
• RIDOT website features images from 25 highway cameras - Public Information and Information Exchange
• Exciting opportunity for ITS work: a new NSF and DOT partnership offers grants for innovative, long-term, basic transportation research on Intelligent Transportation Systems - National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation
  by Miriam Heller
• New Radionavigation Plan focuses on GPS as primary means of navigation - Management and Administration
• Albert F. DiMillio selected to receive prestigious Engineering Award - Personnel - Brief Article
• See it before it's built: visualization technology is cheaper, faster, and more precise than drawing proposed road projects by hand
  by Richard E. McDaniel
• Nebraska bridge conductive concrete de-icing system first in nation - Management and Administration
• Jerry DiMaggio named FHWA Engineer of the Year - Personnel - Federal Highway Administration - Brief Article
• Benefitting from LTPP—a state's perspective: Pennsylvania catalogs the successes of the Long Term Pavement Performance Program in helping to improve the Commonwealth's highways - Long Term Pavement Performance Program
  by Gary Hoffman
• Reducing sulfur results in ultra-clean fuels - Public Information and Information Exchange - Pennsylvania State University
• One-stop shopping for Geospatial Data: new e-gov initiative promises to make finding Geospatial Data easier - Internet Watch
  by Keri Funderburg
• A hallmark of context-sensitive design
  by Steve Moler
• Now available: a benefit-cost analysis for using ITS technology for traffic management in temporary construction zones - Management and Administration - Intelligent Transportation Systems
• New multicultural outreach website unveiled - Public Information and Information Exchange
• Raising the bar on effective communication - Editor's Notes - Brief Article - Editorial
  by F. G. Wright
• North Carolina to improve rural transportation planning - Policy and Legislation - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• West Virginian fatalities significantly decline in 2001 - Public Information and Information Exchange
• Conferences/Special Events Calendar
• Arizona tackles work zone delays: the Southwest contributes two innovative operational enhancements that might help keep traffic flowing smoothly during your construction projects
  by Alan Hansen
• Mississippi drops legal blood-alcohol level to 0.08 percent - Policy and Legislation - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Yosemite National Park road earns Engineering Award - Public Information and Information Exchange